3:38 PM,
Nov. 16, 2012

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A student at the College of St. Elizabeth has allegedly confessed to setting toilet paper rolls on fire in a dormitory bathroom as a reaction to being under academic stress, according to an arrest affidavit.

A student identified as Mykia White-Johnson, 18, of Plainfield, was charged Thursday with two counts of arson in connection with Wednesday night's fire-setting in a fourth-floor common bathroom in O'Connor Hall.

Borough police and firefighters responded to the campus upon the activation of a fire alarm at 11:58 p.m. Wednesday. They learned that college staff entered the bathroom and ...